Help needed to DIY curric for 1st Geog & WTM science

[Amber in AUS]

So my plan is to do world geography and WTM science for 1st but to write my own curric and combine them so we look at the continents.

We would spend 2 months studying each continent - different countries on that continent, flags, religion, government, major geographical features, wonders of the world, habitats, animals, people, plants of that continent. Using various books that will cover those areas along the way and various handicrafts native to that area.

Ideally i would like to have DD write a book on each continent using copywork, colouring in pics, sticker flags, cutting from magazines, you get the idea. Then she will have a beautiful auto review, the book she wrote on Africa, Europe etc.

Does that sound like a comprehensive enough plan?
What should i aim for DC to walk away with at the end of that year?
I guess i don't want to go to deep and at the same time not deep enough.
Anything extra you would include?
Any great resources you know about and care to share?

[Julieofsardis]

We are doing a geography and cultures study combined with earth science, animals and plants. I'm saving human body for another time.

I like Galloping the Globe, and R&S 4th grade social studies. Childcraft's Countries and Cultures book is good.

I'll tell you more about my plan if you're interested.

[Lovedtodeath]

That is what we are doing. We love it. Geography (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/album.php?albumid=236)

Free Geography Zoology Culture Schedule and Curriculum (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?p=531785&highlight=free#post531785)

Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States is a project of the International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/al...roundWorld.cfm

In retrospect I really wish I went ahead and purchased the Complete Book of Animals. the One Small Square series is something you may want to check out, and we have used Usborne Living World Encyclopedia, but I didn't schedule it in.

[Lovedtodeath]

South America
1. Identify continent on globe.
2. Identify the Amazon River and the Andes Mountains
3. Identify the countries that are to be studied.
4. Complete Draw Write Now(part II) p. 61 “Draw a map of South America”
5. Watch Nature Videos
6. DWN book I pages 19-25, DWN book II: 53 (llama), 36 (armadillo), 35 (anteater)
Read corresponding additional information.
7. The Biography of Chocolate; The biography of sugar
8. Complete Note-booking Page for South America, putting animal stickers, copies from DWN and internet, and copies of books read in appropriate areas.
9. Do a separate page with detailed information about one favorite animal.

a. Peru
i. Atlas page 25*
ii. Indians of the Andes**
iii. Rivers and Lakes
iv. Waters of life
v. Complete a note-booking page on Peru
b. Brazil
i. Atlas page 27
ii. MW 126
iii. Afternoon on the Amazon
iv. Rainforests: a non-fiction companion to Afternoon on the Amazon
v. Complete a note-booking page on Brazil
c. Argentina
i. Atlas 28
ii. MW 120
iii. Anthology +* page 360: The Tale of the Lazy People
iv. Anthology 466: The Legend of the Palm Tree
v. Complete a note-booking page on Argentina
d. Mexico
i. Atlas 22
ii. MW 144
iii. Anthology +* page 357: Why the Burro Lives with the Man
iv. Count your way through Mexico
v. Gotto Go Gotto Go
vi. Complete a note-booking page on Mexico
e. Guatemala
i. MW 112
ii. Anthology 359: The Princess and Jose
iii. Mama and Papa have a Store
iv. Sawdust Carpets
v. Complete a note-booking page on Guatemala

Agh! The formatting disappeared. HTH anyway! I can email the rest to you if you want.

[whitestavern]

This sounds fun! I did a short "around the world" study with my kids one summer. A fun resource we used (and they are inexpensive) are A Trip Around the World, Another Trip Around the World and A New Trip Around the World. They have all kinds of ideas for studying countries including coloring pages, puzzles, recipes, lists of books to read, etc. They are great for the elementary age. I found them at Rainbow Resource. Good luck!

[Amber in AUS]

Ooooh, yes please ladies, i would love to see more of your plans. I will PM you my e-mail addy.

[Lovedtodeath]

Countries and Cultures of the World (http://www.scribd.com/doc/5622573/Countries-and-Cultures-of-the-World) Here is another one... by Tonia